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Prisoners of War are people who have been captured and imprisoned by the enemy. Most prisoners of war died of starvation, illness, or abuse. Their lives were filled with lice, flies, mosquitoes, and death as they were moved along POW camps and prison ships.

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All POWs experienced the same day-to-day life no matter where they were at. Twice a day, POWs were to stand in front of their "commander" for roll call while other soldiers rummaged through their huts. They were also forced to work long,hard hours seven days a week in places anywhere from mines, fields, and factories to shipyards and railroads with little to no food.

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For British POWs in German POW camps, their lives were monotonous and strict. Even though it seemed as if the POWs in German camps had it easy, they were still subjected to beatings, starvation, and shootings.

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American POWs experienced anything from hunger and disease, to beatings and sudden death during WWII. In Japan, American POWs had to work in slave-like conditions.

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40% out of the 27,000 Americans taken prisoner died in Japanese captivity. 17% of the American POWs taken died in German camps.

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If a POW was caught trying to escape, he/she would be shot. Some soldiers thought that it was necessary to shoot ten people for a one man escape attempt.

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Some POWs would jump 100 feet out of windows and others would travel under tunnels. There was one instance when POWs were building a glider under the roof of a chapel when their camp got liberated.

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The worst job that the POWs had to do was build a 260-mile railway all by hand. They had to build all day long for ten days straight with only one day off. There was about 61,000 men sent to work on it and at least 13,000 of them died.

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Threats of being tortured and actual physical abuse were common. Beatings with hoses and pipes, bursting eardrums with fists, and electrical shocks with volts from car batteries were experienced by these prisoners.

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There was about 4,120 American POWs and 147 confirmed deaths.

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Even though there were rules for fair treatment set years earlier, each prisoner still faced days without enough to eat and adequate clothing.

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There was about 94,000 American POWs in Europe and about 30,000 Americans POWs in the Pacific Theater.